by Brook Bailey | Oct 14, 2019 | Daily Devotional
Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take. Don’t be impressed with your own wisdom. Instead, fear the Lord and turn away from evil. Then you will have...
by Brook Bailey | Jun 24, 2019 | Daily Devotional
Life would be so much easier if I were perfect. Sadly, I am not. I am flawed. I am broken. And, as if that weren’t bad enough, everybody else — including those of you reading this devotional — are just as flawed and broken as I am. So we’re...
by Brook Bailey | Jan 31, 2019 | Daily Devotional
I wanna love somebody, but I don’t know how. — from Sucker’s Prayer by The Decemberists When I was 6, my parents divorced. As a result, I didn’t really grow up with an example of what a loving relationship was supposed to look like. Everything...
by Brook Bailey | Dec 21, 2018 | Daily Devotional
My two kids are hilarious, and not in a kids-say-the-darndest-things sort of way. My two teenagers are quick-witted, genuinely funny people. My 16-year-old daughter is always cracking jokes. And when we’re just sitting around the house, she keeps us in stitches....
by Brook Bailey | Feb 12, 2018 | Daily Devotional
If you’ve never read the story of Rahab (Joshua 2), you should check it out. Here’s my attempt at a CliffsNotes[1] version: Joshua sent a couple of spies on a recon mission into the Canaanite city of Jericho. Their presence was discovered, but a Canaanite...
by Brook Bailey | Jul 12, 2017 | Daily Devotional
Over the past several months, I have realized two very important truths about myself: I need help. I never ask for help. As you can imagine, these two ideas do not play well together. So when I say, “I need help,” what do I mean? In what areas of my life...
